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School Milk

Commons · Question 1084 · Tabled 13 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 26 May 2026

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on reception year pupils of the age based eligibility threshold for the Nursery Milk Scheme; and whether he is taking steps to ensure consisten

Answer

Answered by Sharon Hodgson, 26 May 2026

The Nursery Milk Scheme is a statutory scheme which allows early years childcare settings to reclaim the cost of providing one-third of a pint of milk per day to children under the age of five who attend a setting for two or more hours per day. Schools ca...